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I take the DC Metro almost every day — once in the morning and once in the evening. But not yesterday. Investigators are trying to determine why a Washington commuter train rear-ended another train stopped on the tracks Monday, sending … Continue reading →

The denial has already started on the right that this guy wasn’t one of theirs. My favorite is from the RedState comments. I swear these guys are plants…I have never met a Republican who was a white supremecist…. Aaron Gardner … Continue reading →

This is what’s happening in my city right now. Build your own custom video playlist at embedr.com I didn’t know about it until my husband called to tell me about it (and to make sure I’m wasn’t anywhere near … Continue reading →

With all due respect to Cleve Jones — who, in fact, is due a lot of respect for his years of activism — we do not need another LGBT march on Washington. An activist who worked alongside slain gay rights … Continue reading →

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series the day will comeiii On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, “Is it safe?” Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” And Vanity comes along and asks the question, “Is … Continue reading →

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series the master’s toolsFor the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house… ~ Audre Lourde That’s for Marion Barry, a number of D.C.’s black ministers, and many African-Americans who seem … Continue reading →

Three years ago, we went to the White House Easter Egg Roll, as part of a lot of other families from the Family Equality Council. It started off as simply a quiet event where we’d all participate as a group … Continue reading →

Well, as it D.C.’s transit system didn’t have enough problems’ from the bus that arrived late to pick me up yesterday morning, to the delay on the red line in the afternoon, to the rather inconvenient construction project at Silver … Continue reading →

In all the chaos of going to the Democratic convention, and the process of recovering from it, I completely forgot about the fact that I was one of several D.C.-area bloggers profiled in MetroWeekly this week, until someone emailed to … Continue reading →

The Washington Post has wrapped up its 13-part “Who Killed Chandra Levy” series, and I’ve been following it; unable to resist a combination of local interest and the kind of crime story that has always fascinated me. (I think in … Continue reading →

I’m officially blaming it on gas prices, which probably isn’t too far off the mark. Metro ridership in D.C. is way up, and recently hit a new record. Metro says it counted 854,638 riders on Friday, beating the old record … Continue reading →

And nobody came? This was apparently the case with the D.C. gun registry, following the Supreme Court decision. With the ban lifted after a momentous, years-long legal battle that led to the landmark high court decision last month, here’s how … Continue reading →

I’ve got some stuff in mind to post, but first I have to get lunch and do any number of things. And I might not get around to posting anyway. Since a big portion of my day job is promoting … Continue reading →

I really should have paid more attention in English class. Or, rather, I should have paid more attention to my grammar lessons. (Probably any hard-core grammarian who’s read the blog would concur.) But I spent the better part of my … Continue reading →

Image details: DC Mayor Reacts To Supreme Court Ruling On DC Gun Ban served by picapp.com Well, the finally did it. I first mentioned it years ago, when this blog was in its infancy. So I guess now I should … Continue reading →

There are natural disasters and man-made disasters. There are those who look upon the aftermath of disaster and see things as they should be. We call them conservatives. As I write this, the seeds of disaster and an aftermath of … Continue reading →

Apparenty, and without my knowing until now, this blog was nominated as one of worst DC blogs, only to be eliminated rather early into the contest when commenters at Best DC Blog demanded it be removed or "rescued" from the … Continue reading →

Oh, come on. Christian Bale has a point. If Moses were around today — “hearing voices” and acting out — he’d probably be diagnosable as schizophrenic. After all, when people “hear voices” today, they end up as mental health patients, not prophets.

I vote “No.” For starters, we’re not a agrarian society anymore. Second, it certainly doesn’t make me more productive. If anything, I’m far less productive during the couple of days it takes me to adjust to the time change — especially in the spring.